Phil Rogers in Tribune today is reporting that this kid is the Sox 3rd baseman of the future. He has moved ahead of Viciedo in the depth chart. Looked up his stats and at Winston Salem and he had for A Ball a damn good year. Looks to me like Teahen is just filling in for a couple of years.
Anyone know anything else about him?

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Phil Rogers in Tribune today is reporting that this kid is the Sox 3rd baseman of the future. He has moved ahead of Viciedo in the depth chart. Looked up his stats and at Winston Salem and he had for A Ball a damn good year. Looks to me like Teahen is just filling in for a couple of years.
Anyone know anything else about him?

Phil Rogers is a tool, but I don't doubt that Morel is better suited for third base than Viciedo. I have no idea where they're going to put him, but all indications from scouts outside the Sox organizations are that he'll be moved elsewhere.

I liked the Morel pick since the time they drafted him so I've been following him a fairly closely. I think defensively he's close to ready. The question is whether his bat will be good enough to play everyday at a corner IF spot. He likely will be a gap to gap doubles hitter with occassional power, although he's shown a bit more pop than when he first entered pro ball.

I wouldn't call him a sure thing by any means but I think he's got a real solid chance to be a decent major league player if he continues to develop.

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You don't have to worry about that. Who was the last can't-miss Cubs position prospect that amounted to anything big? Exactly.

MLB prospects, for the most part, are a crap shoot. Boston, Anaheim, and Minnesota are the only teams that seem to consistently bring ML ready talent to the big leagues. Despite their financial capabilities (Boston and Anaheim), they're definitely doing something right in their development.

The rest of the teams in the majors? Well you could pretty much flip a coin with their prospects, unless he's a first rounder and even then you never know.

For the record, I have nothing to base this off of, other than my own observations of the league over the past couple of seasons.

MLB prospects, for the most part, are a crap shoot. Boston, Anaheim, and Minnesota are the only teams that seem to consistently bring ML ready talent to the big leagues. Despite their financial capabilities (Boston and Anaheim), they're definitely doing something right in their development.

The rest of the teams in the majors? Well you could pretty much flip a coin with their prospects, unless he's a first rounder and even then you never know.

For the record, I have nothing to base this off of, other than my own observations of the league over the past couple of seasons.

You don't need to lecture me on prospects, but there's consistently a can't-miss type guy in the Cubs organization and he consistently flops. If Vitters played CF, I would think it was some kind of joke how they also have the next big leadoff hitting centerfielder on the way.

You don't need to lecture me on prospects, but there's consistently a can't-miss type guy in the Cubs organization and he consistently flops. If Vitters played CF, I would think it was some kind of joke how they also have the next big leadoff hitting centerfielder on the way.

Vitters is so last year...The Cubbies new "can't miss" prospect is Starlin Castro. All Hail Starlin Castro!

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